鰥寡孤獨

Chinese

		widows and widowers	orphans and the childless
trad. (鰥寡孤獨)		鰥寡	孤獨
simp. (鳏寡孤独)		鳏寡	孤独

Etymology

From Mencius.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānguǎgūdú

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄍㄨ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ gwaa² gu¹ duk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānguǎgūdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄍㄨ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanguǎgudú
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-kua³-ku¹-tu²
    • Yale: gwān-gwǎ-gū-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangoagudwu
    • Palladius: гуаньгуагуду (guanʹguagudu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹ gwaa² gu¹ duk⁶
    • Yale: gwāan gwá gū duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ gwaa² gu¹ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ gua² gu¹ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ kʷaː³⁵ kuː⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 鰥寡孤獨

1. people who have no one to rely on

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